Maybelline's Garden

A cold, overcast Sunday is a great time to make spaghetti sauce. It's also a great time to clean out the freezer a bit by using up some ...

The Amaryllis this season started by coming out of the box on December 26, 2012, as a contorted specimen (See 1st photo.). A stake was used...

All the deciduous trees were given the 1st application of dormant oil spray after each had a light pruning. Thinning out areas where necess...

Here's wishing that 2013 improves on 2012. From a disappointing election to back surgeries I say, "good riddance" to this stin...

O'Henry Peach Some of the fruit trees have finally lost their leaves. I understand that waiting to prune after all the leaves have d...

Yippee!  On Christmas day I received a garden related item.  My brother brought over a boxed Amaryllis bulb - Minerva from Israel. It...

Years ago, my mother brought a Christmas cactus as a hostess gift. I placed it in my east facing kitchen window and that was it.  It...

Winter begins. Asparagus Aethiopicus - AKA Asparagus Fern We have many asparagus ferns brought in from Farmer MacGregor's grandmo...

  The seasons on the calendar are moving from autumn to winter but the garden hasn't gotten the message yet.  Leaves are hanging on...

Rio Red Grapefruit Well, well, well.  Looks like all I had to do was to wait a bit and Blogger would sort out the mess that kept me from...